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Monday, April 28, 2008

The Post-Pesach Cleanup

Before Pesach, many of the homemakers shared their lists for getting ready for the Chag. My post-Pesach list seems to resemble my pre-Pesach list almost to the "t."

Post-Pesach:-Clean all Pesach utensils, cookware, bakeware, and dishes. Clean up would be easier if the holiday didn't seem to require so much oil. I just don't do too much frying during the year.-Self-clean oven again because you need it to be diary again.-Clean the table and the chairs with wood cleaning solution. I would surmise the chairs and table are stickier post-Pesach than pre-Pesach.-Wipe down the refrigerator. I was afraid that I was going to have to take the entire thing apart, but I avoided that.-Clean the countertops and stove with a good degreaser.-Vacuum carpets before you have to get the carpet professionally cleaned.-Sweep floors. The crumbs before Pesach might have been chametz. But, the post-Pesach crumbs are far bigger and far messier and they went everywhere.-Run the laundry again and again and put it all away. Post-Pesach laundry is proving to be more daunting than pre-Pesach laundry. Perhaps that it because when something had to go pre-Pesach, it was putting away some of my laundry. Now there is just a lot more.-Carry Pesach cookware and dishes downstairs and store away for next year.-Bring up chometz from downstairs freezer and bring down leftover frozen chicken soup. (At least I've got a head start on Rosh Hashana?).-Pay Bills.-Make lists of how to prepare for next Pesach. 20/20 only works in hindsight.-Go grocery shopping. I'm almost there!!! (Perhaps I will even procure some really inexpensive Kasher L'Pesach canned goods).-Cook.-Clean the bathrooms.-Check the Bank Accounts--seriously, weird stuff shows up when you aren't looking

I think the only thing missing from the post-Pesach list is cleaning the cars and mopping the floor. No one brought anything crumbly into the car during chol hamoed, nor did anyone have a major spill during the chag. Perhaps these are two open miracles?!?!

It's always a laundry marathon after the extended Yom Tovs, and this year there was even a longer time of no laundry with the Shabbos before. I did have to do one load for the younger ones Yom Tov outfits to be clean for the last days.